Attachment for shoe-stands.



0. HOHMANNL ATTACHMENT FOR SHOE STANDS. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. a; 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES HOHMANN, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ATTACHMENT FOR SHOE-STANDS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES I-loriuANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Shoe-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for shoe stands and is designed to hold shoes in place while they are being polished, and is also designed for holding shoes on stands when they are used for display purposes, the device acting to positively clamp the shoe to the shoe stand, but at the same time permitting its quick removal and insertion when this is desired.

The invention is further designed to provide an attachment of this kind which can be placed on or removed from a stand of any ordinary kind without the use of tools, being easily detachable, such attachment as an article of manufacture being adapted for use in any desired situation where it can be employed.

The invention is further designed to provide a device of this kind which has a clip portion 011 which are mounted lazy tongs, the lazy tongs having means for fastening them in place, and also having means for engaging the sides of the shoe.

Another object of the inventlon is to pro vide a device of this kind in which the clip cooperates with the stand for protecting the adjustable holding mechanism, and also in a way concealing it and insuring a space between the bottom of the shoe stand and the bottom portion of the clip to permit a free action of the adjustable grasping means.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of my improved device removed from the shoe stand. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 1, but illustrating part of the stand in section and a shoe in dotted outline. Fig. 8 is abottom view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view of the front end of a shoe stand with my attachment in place, and Fig. 5 is a side view showing the attachment on a shoe stand, the shoe stand being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 6 is a section showing a modified form of means for attaching the attachment to the stand.

The device is adapted for attachment to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914:.

Serial No. 788,492.

any usual form of shoe stand and comprises a clip or the like which is fastened to the stand so that it can be removed therefrom, and also a movable grasping device mounted on the support or clip and adapted to be moved so as to fit any size or width of shoe. One form of clip is shown in the drawing, this clip consisting of a bottom plate 10 which is bent up to form the extending portions or fingers 11, the bottom plate 10 passing underneath, and the extending portions 11 passing over the top of a shoe stand, this being shown in Figs. 2 and 5. One form of fastening means is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and i 3 consisting of screws 12 which are passed through screw-threaded openings in the bot-- tom plate 10 and bear against the footplate 13 of the stand 14. The screws hearing against the bottom of the shoe stand and being screw-threaded in the bottom plate of the clip insures a space between the extending portions 11 and the bottom plate 10 for the installation of the adjustable gripping mechanism.

On a pin or rivet 15, preferably situated substantially in the center of the bottom plate 10, are arranged the levers 16 which are pivoted at their ends as at 17 and between their ends as at 18 to form lazy tongs. Studs 19 of any desired shape so long as they are adapted to grasp the shoe, are mounted at the ends of the lazy tongs, preferably by means of the rivet 20. The studs19, if desired, may have a small turnedover or hooked end 21 to prevent vertical movement of the shoe from the stand. The lazy tongs are moved apart when the studs are to re ceive a wide shoe and are pushed together to fit a narrow shoe, and in this way the device can be used on a great many different sizes of shoe and hold them in place, being held in looking position by a suitable looking means. One form of locking means is shown in the drawing and consists of a thumbscrew 22 which is screw-threaded through the lazy tongs at one point, preferably in place of one of the rivets 18, and passes through a slot 23 in the bottom plate 10. It will be evident that when the screw is tightened, the lazy tongs are locked in place and cannot be moved until the screw 22 is again partly unscrewed.

A modified form of fastening the cli to the shoe stand is shown in Fig. 6 in which the central rivet 15 is replaced. by ascrew 24.

having a suitable finger-piece '25, the screw being in screw-threaded engagement with the bottom plate 10 andalso acting as a. pivot for the levers 16 of the lazy tongs. In this construction this single screw 24: re places the screws 12 shown in the other construction. WVhen in operation the clip is fastened to the shoe stand and the screw 22 is unscrewed partly to permit a free movement of the lazy tongs. The studs 19 are then moved apart to receive the shoe, and when the shoe is in place on the stand the studs 19 are shoved together until they engage the edges of the shoe, and when the screw 22 is again tightened, the studs 19 are held against movement and the shoe is held in place so that the strains to which the foot is subjected in the operation of shining, do not displace the shoe from the stand.

The advantages of this construction are obvious, and changes can be -made in the details of the construction without departing from the scope of the invention as embodied in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. An attachment for shoe stands consisting of a clip adapted to fit under a shoe stand and having fingers to engage the top of the shoe stand, lazy t'ongs fastenedsubstantially at the center of the clip, studs on j the lazy tongs for engaging the edges of a shoe, the clip having a slot therein, and a screw passing through the slot and engaging the lazy tongs whereby the lazy tongs can be clamped in adjusted positions.

2. An attachment for shoe stands consisting of a clip having a plate at the bottom and having portions extending to the top of the shoe stand, fastening means passing through the bottom plate of the clip and adapted to bear against the bottom of the stand to clamp the clip in place, thereby insuring a space between the stand and the lower plate, and adjustable means operating in said space and attached to the bottom plate, said means acting to grasp the sides of a shoe.

3. An attachment for shoe stands consisting of a clip having a plate at the bottom and having portions extending to the top of the shoe stand, fastening means passing through the bottom plate of the clip and adapted to bear against the bottom of the stand to clamp the clip in place, thereby insuring a space between the stand and the lower plate, lazy tongs secured to the bottom plate and projecting from the ends thereof, and studs on the ends of the lazy tongs for engaging the sides of a shoe.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this first day of September 1913.

CHARLES HOHMANN.

WVitnesses: v

MARTIN J MALONE, LOUIS ISAACS.

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